Texas Holdem No-Limit WSOP 2001
World Series of Poker 2001 was full of thrill and excitement. It was in the last minute the decision was made, who was the winner. Both the players had fair chance to win the tournament, but fate was with Mortensen, which allowed him to have a breath-taking win.
At the final, there were five players. Two of them were Phil Hellmuth and Carlos Mortensen. Among other three were Dewey Tomko, Stan Schrier and Phil Gordon. Before the “FLOP” there was about $150,000 in the pot. Hellmuth had with him QC, 10H. However, Mortensen sat with QD, JD. The “FLOP” came as QS, 9D and 4S. This allowed both of them to have a pair of “Q”. However, a JH and AS in the “TURN” and in the “RIVER” made Hellmuth to satisfy with the fifth place.
Finally, it was Mortensen and Tomko who were there till the last round. Mortensen had KC, QC and Tomko sat with AS, AH. Mortensen had 2-1 chip lead. The “FLOP” was JH, TC and 3C. This gave advantage to Mortensen as it made nut straight draw, king high flush draw and also two over cards. After betting for $400,000 Tomko called with last $1,500,000.
It was 3D on the “TURN” and slightly broke some hopes of Mortensen. But 9D on the “RIVER” allowed him to make the nut-straight combination. Thus Tomko became the runner-up for the second time and Mortensen became the winner and received $1,500,000.
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